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(between the age group 5 and 24) that development of the final questionnaire
is in the process of attaining formal (Appendix A in Supplementary
education can boast of both a computer materials). The first section collected
and a stable internet connection. general information related to the
Another important factor that could be respondent’s university, course/
affecting the adoption of e-learning is program and the place of residence
the students’ self-motivation and their from where they were accessing online
engagement in a faceless environment classes. The second section included
(Nehme, 2010; Artino, 2008; Keller, objective type questions to gather
2008). their perspective on the effectiveness
of online learning, wherein they had
The main objective of this study was
to find out the effectiveness of online to rate the convenience, structure of
learning from the learner’s viewpoint, course content, course delivery and the
who in lieu of COVID-19 were suddenly communication between both parties
shifted from traditional to online mode on a Likert scale of 1 to 5 (low to high).
of learning. An additional objective was Out of 21 questions, there were 6
to assess whether this unexpected multiple choice questions, 03 questions
experience has transposed the mindset based on opinion scale, 8 likert scale
of students towards this mode of questions and 4 true/false questions.
learning. If the learners can foresee While framing questions, major focus
the value of this pedagogy they might was given on student’s adaptability
opt for online education, resulting in for online mode of teaching in Theory
achieving the Gross Enrolment Ratio Papers, Practicals, Extra-curricular
from the current 26.3percent (2018) to Activities etc. The survey also aimed
50percent by 2035, as targeted in the at soliciting essential attributes such
New Education (NEP, 2020). as the time and discipline required
for the online curriculum, satisfaction
with the virtual mode of assessment,
Research Methodology
support during laboratory/practical
Questionnaire /survey development based courses and extra- curricular
In order to achieve the objective activities. Additionally, a couple of open-
of the study, quantitative research ended questions where the students
methodology has been adopted had to (1) give reasons if dissatisfied
using Survey Method (Jackson, 2011) with the virtual mode of assessment
and preparing a questionnaire in a and (2) specify which course taught
structured form to collect the data from online was easy, were also included
the respondents. An initial questionnaire in the questionnaire. Responses to
was prepared based on literature open-ended questions were analyzed
reviews, web resources and newspapers. qualitatively by sorting through the
Several iterative rounds of discussions information and extracting the relevant
amongst the authors and few students, content. Lastly, the participants were
in relevance to the proposed questions asked to state preference out of online,
and objectives of the study, led to the F2F and hybrid modes of learning post
COVID-19.

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